Seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher (26-548) (Explainable AI Team)

About this position

[Background of the recruitment and description of the project]

• Background of the recruitment and description of the project

The RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project (AIP) is a leading international hub for state-of-the-art AI research. Centered around three core research groups—the Mathematical Intelligence Group, the Domain Intelligence Group, and the Physical Intelligence Group—AIP is dedicated to establishing the mathematical foundations of trustworthy AI, advancing AI technologies integrated with diverse scientific domains, and developing embodied intelligence for the real world.

The Explainable AI Team is working on basic and applied research on the explainability and reliability of AI from multidisciplinary perspectives, including natural language processing, theoretical linguistics, philosophy, and cognitive science, with the aim of realizing AI that supports human decision-making. Our basic research focuses on elucidating the meaning acquisition and inference processes of AI, while our applied research focuses on realizing explainable AI that is acceptable to humans.

For more information, please refer to the following link:

https://aip.riken.jp/labs/phys_intel/explainable_ai/?lang=en

• details of the business

RIKEN is Japan's largest and most comprehensive research organization for basic and applied science.

[Work content and job description]

You will engage in basic or applied academic research related to explainable AI.

The job description may be changed during the contract period or upon contract renewal to the extent described above.

• Assigned department

Existing departments

[Work location]

• Address

113-0033 Tokyo , 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project, Hongo Campus, The University of Tokyo

RIKEN may order the employee to change work locations, if necessary.

[Number of hired]

Number of hired:1 person(s)

Number of hired description:Postdoctoral Researcher 1 position

Postdoctoral Researcher:

Receive training and guidance from senior staff; conduct research projects and other activities for Programs or equivalent.

Basically defined as those with a doctoral degree of 5 years or less.

Job content supplemental explanation:Start of employment:

As early as possible